Rising
blues star Rebecca Downes returns in 2016 with her highly anticipated
second album BELIEVE, released on 4th March. The
release will be celebrated with a special album launch show at London’s iconic
100 Club on 23rd February.
Written
by Rebecca with co-writer Steve Birkett and produced by Mark V
Stuart (Magnum, Jim Lea, Diamond Head and more),
BELIEVE is the follow up to Downes’ 2015 debut album 'Back To The
Start', which garnered critical acclaim from press across the board,
with support from Radio 2's Paul Jones, BBC Introducing, Planet Rock Radio, and
making Blues Magazine's Top 50 albums of 2015 in their end of year
edition.
For
West Midlands-based Rebecca, who has repeatedly turned down offers from X Factor
producers in the past year in order to carve out her music career organically
and sincerely, this second album represents a significant landmark in her
journey.
She
comments:
“The album
title represents the belief that I have needed to get this far and the belief we
now have in the quality of our music and our live performances. 2015 allowed us
to measure ourselves against some of the best around and we believe we made our
own mark.
“The mood of the album
reflects the progress we have made – musically and personally – since the first
album. I am both more comfortable in my own life and skin and our own music,
the mood of the album reflects that, showcasing different aspects of the journey
and vocally how hungry I am to get that live feel onto the
tracks.”
Since
her debut, Rebecca has toured the UK and Europe extensively, selling out clubs
on the UK blues scene and supporting the likes of Blues rockers KING KING
in the UK, and Norman Beaker in Europe, continuing to win the affections
of her audiences and further establishing herself as one of the star attractions
amongst the new vanguard of blues performers in the UK.
In
support of BELIEVE, Rebecca will play the following UK shows in Spring
2016, with more to be announced:
Tour
Dates:
Jan
22 The Great British Rock and Blues Festival,
Skegness
Feb
02 Lymm Blues Club, Lymm
Feb
23 100 Club, London
Feb
25 Robin 2, Bilston
Feb
27 Wolverhampton Blues Festival, Wolverhampton
Feb
28 Doncaster Blues Festival, Doncaster
Mar
18 New Crawdaddy Club, Billericay
Apr
05 Tuesday Blues Club, Sussex
Apr
09 Coolham Blues Club, Sussex
Apr
29 The Cluny 2, Newcastle
‘Believe’
will be released in physical CD & digital formats on March 4, via
Real2Reel Records.
Believe
- Track Listing:
1. Never
Gonna Learn
2. Night
Train
3. It's
That Easy
4. Sailing
On A Pool Of Tears
5. Sweetness
6. 1000
Years
7. Could
Not Say No
8. Long
Long Time
9. Momma’s
Got A Gun
10.
Salt Winds
11.
Come With Me Baby
12.
Believe
Links:
View
the video for ‘Basement Of My Heart’ here:
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